http://www.antar.org.au/ is the website for ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation).

If you are a non-Aborigine you can join ANTaR, meet Aborigines, get their point of view first hand and join in the campaigns to lessen the inequities of Aborigines in our society. If you are an Aborigine you can join ANTaR, meet non-Aborigines, get their point of view first hand and join in the campaigns to lessen the inequities of Aborigines in our society

Just a couple of observations.

"60,000 years of paradise ... then the white fella shows up"

Nice Noble Savage platitude, but not necessarily true. While pre-1788 life in Australia apparently had a fairly equable life expectancy, etc., I doubt it was exactly the paradise even I once imagined it to be. When I read William Buckley's memoirs - an account of pre-European contact life in Australia - I was quite shocked by the oftentimes brutality of the life Buckley witnessed. Which is not to say that Europeans were necessarily any better for a long time, but Australia clearly wasn't an unstained paradise, particularly for women and children.

"where can you buy a poster proffering the counsel of Indigenous Australians?"

I've seen a few around; they're usually the same vacuous, hippy drivel that adorns the supposed "Native American Wisdom" posters, a great many of which I suspect are either bastardised or more likely plain made up.

"we feel inferior (or ordinary) when compared to people with a culturally rich heritage"

No ... are you seriously saying that white Australian culture is culturally denuded? Dear me, I thought that sort of self loathing had set sail along with those tiresome Baby Boomer emigres sniping from their "exile" in Britain.

"White", if you must use the term, Australia has a rich cultural heritage, from our British/European roots, through the colonial experience and into modern times. That's not to say that it's the only story, but haven't we had enough of the cultural cringers and post-modernist tossers deriding "Dead White Men"?

I'm not saying that all is fine and dandy in Australia, but I'm getting rather tired of being told to wear a hairshirt and cover myself with ashes.

Kellie writes

'Unfortunately, I can't claim to have what I would regard as an adequate understanding of Aboriginal culture. I'm probably as ignorant as the average Australian.'

You are very ignorant of Aboriginal culture Kellie. I suggest before ranting against the whites you go and live in a community for awhile before mouthing off against the wicked whites.

The article fails on a number of points.
Firstly, the author is surprised that the Alcatraz guide is upset over damage to wooden panelling in the church caused by Native Americans. The guide had every right to be upset. Although I'm sure ordinary Americans could do more to understand Native american culture, that failure in no one justifies gratuitous vandalism by the NAers. The action is more understandable given the period - at the time the damange was done, student radicals frequently vandalised public buildings to strike a blow for their cause - but it still amounts to one wrong committed to revenge another wrong. It doesn't add up to a right.
I don't agree that society as a whole is significantly more indfferent to indigenous people than they are indifferent to any other group. Should, say, white males over 50 (my demographic) be treated differently to recent asian immigrants in Melbourne? Does society really care about either group? Should indigenous people be singled out for special treatment simply because they are indigenous and here first? This would seem to imply that the recent immigrants deserve less help.
As for understanding cultures there are a lot of cultures to understand, of which indigenous culture is only one and not a very nice one. The treatment of women in indigenous culture is very poor as I understand it.
These are only a few of the problems with the article.

Monty moment "What have the Romans ever done for us".

Clownfish, I think you might be confusing 'culture' with 'history'. Having an mildly interesting 'white anglo' Australian history doesnt mean we are rich in culture. I am a totally white non-religious Australian woman who regularly bemoans the total lack of any significant or meaningful cultural activities for 'white' Australians. Lucky I married an Asian guy who has plenty! And they are sooooo much more fun than Australia Day ie. they actually have some cultural signifigance to those who participate (rather than just having the day off to have a bbq or watch the cricket).